Or the gender lobbying gap ‘Female lobbyists are more likely to gain access to meetings with policymakers, regardless of the policymaker’s gender, indicating gender is used strategically by interest groups to improve their influence, finds a new UCL led study.’ A common feminist claim is that men occupy most positions of power and as a… Continue reading Female Power
Author: femgoggles
I was abandoned by my parents in the black mountains and raised by timberwolves. On my return to the 'civilised world' with questionable table manners, I became a detached observer of human behaviour in general and gender relations in particular. This blog is the product of those observations.
Astrology, patriarchy and external loci of control
“When men stop believing in god, they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything” attributed to G K Chesterton. Astrology, the belief that our personality and life trajectory can be influenced by the position of the planets at the time of our birth, is bunk. It has been debunked so often that belief in… Continue reading Astrology, patriarchy and external loci of control
Stoicism is good
Male coping strategies can be adaptive, or to put it another way, ‘toxic masculinity’ can be good for you. It is widely accepted, in the media at least, that suppressing thoughts is maladaptive and that the key to mental health and flourishing is to open up and share your feelings. It is also widely believed… Continue reading Stoicism is good
A Hornets Nest of WASPI’s
The furor about state compensation for 1950s women over supposedly lost pension entitlements is dying down. Now it seems to be confined to a few die-hards on Twitter and oven those cases are attracting less and less interest. Here are a few thoughts on the matter. Since 1944 women have received their state pension 5… Continue reading A Hornets Nest of WASPI’s
Rebecca Solnit
‘Comment is free, but facts are sacred’ wrote Guardian editor C.P.Scott in 1921. The same sentiment has been put more pithily with ‘opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.’ Sadly, the modern day Guardian has plenty of journalists with lots of opinions but little in the way of facts to back up their arguments. High… Continue reading Rebecca Solnit
Greater Male Variability
(and other hypotheses) It’s a brave man who ventures to discuss the greater male variability hypothesis (GMVH). Just ask James Damore or Larry Summers. The former was sacked from Google for daring to raise GMV as a possible explanation (among others) for the greater number of men involved in coding. Similarly, Harvard President Larry Summers… Continue reading Greater Male Variability
Labour and the election of Donald Trump
What should the Labour Party in the UK learn from the election of Donald Trump? The election of Donald Trump has sent shockwaves around the world, particularly in left-leaning or liberal outlets. The US is an independent nation that is free to elect whoever it chooses. However, unlike the UK, it makes a big difference… Continue reading Labour and the election of Donald Trump
Feminist just-so stories
When I was a child my grandfather gave me the book ‘Just So Stories’ by Rudyard Kipling. Even then, at a tender age and longer ago than I care to remember, the stories seemed entertaining but trite. The book consists of a series of accounts of how animals acquired certain characteristics. For example, how the… Continue reading Feminist just-so stories
Carol Vorderman
https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1835377554514981252 A rather disappointing performance from Carol Vorderman on an LBC chat-show. I like Carol Vorderman, some of her posts in the run-up to the 2024 General Election, exposing the hypocrisy and malfeasance of the then Conservative Government were quite brilliant. This, however, was a shabby and lazy performance. Okay, we all fall short sometimes,… Continue reading Carol Vorderman
Dodgy Feminist Statistics
The half-truths, repeated, authenticated themselves. Joan Didion The ease with which feminists can implant questionable and sometimes overtly fabricated statistics into the narrative should be a cause for concern for everybody, male and female. It requires two things, a willingness to lie and dissemble, and a gullible media that does not examine far-fetched claims. What… Continue reading Dodgy Feminist Statistics
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